CropsEurope's processing-potato heartland harvests almost a quarter less
DCA Market Intelligence puts the 2026 crop in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany at about 20.8 million tonnes after acreage cuts and a hot, dry season.
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CropsUK drought cut spring barley yields 17% below average, AHDB finds
AHDB's final harvest report shows wheat down 11% and oats 14% below the five-year mean, while oilseed rape came in 19% above it at 4 t/ha.
AgrotechSolar-powered farm hubs open for 1,989 drought-hit smallholders in southern Madagascar
Japan and WFP inaugurated three solar-powered agricultural hubs with irrigation pumps and food-processing machinery, plus six child-nutrition centres, in Madagascar's drought-hit Betioky district.
VegetablesUnirrigated Irish vegetables lost 25-40% of yield and quality in 2026 drought, Teagasc says
A Teagasc report finds irrigation made the difference, at a cost of over €2,700 a hectare in water alone for some crops, while only 30-35% of the vegetable area has enough capacity.
AgribusinessAndersons budgets show SFI payments keeping English farms out of the red
The consultant's model arable farm would lose £83/ha from farming in 2026 without £122/ha of SFI income, and it forecasts UK farm income falling to about £6.1bn after a drought costing £1bn-£1.5bn.
LivestockUS fall calf run starts as prices ease; CattleFax sees slow herd rebuilding
CattleFax analyst Holden Ramey says the highs are in after fall-delivered calves lost more than $400 a head, with drought, feed costs and packing capacity keeping herd expansion gradual.
EnvironmentMore than half of India under dry or drought conditions as monsoon retreats
IIT Gandhinagar's drought monitor puts 52% of India under dry or drought conditions, scientists say the spell is worse than 2015-16, and kharif paddy area is down 17 lakh hectares.
EnvironmentWales gives farmers an extra month to spread slurry after the drought
The Welsh Government will allow slurry spreading until 15 November 2026 on all soils, with limits, and raise advance SFS and BPS payments from 70% to 80% of claim values.
LivestockRecord sheep prices lure Riverina farmers from crops to stock as the north stays dry
A Temora family sold first-cross ewes for a reported Australian saleyard record of $620 a head, while about 45% of New South Wales remains in drought.
LivestockVirginia declares a drought emergency as cattle farmers run 500,000 tons short of hay
Virginia's governor has eased hay-hauling limits and USDA fast-tracked disaster status for four Florida counties as drought tightens feed supplies across the US Southeast.
LivestockVirginia declares a state of emergency over a 500,000-ton hay shortfall as drought forces early winter feeding
Governor Abigail Spanberger's Executive Order 21 grants over-width waivers for hay haulage from 1 October, opens emergency funding and activates price-gouging protection after Extension put statewide hay yields down 35 percent.
CropsIrrigators and One Nation want Murray-Darling environmental water opened to summer crops as rice output falls another 22 percent
SunRice has shed 80 mill jobs and MP David Farley wants 75 percent of available environmental water sold to irrigators before planting; the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder says its entitlements are cut by the same allocation rules in a dry year.
EnvironmentIdaho's Upper Snake reservoirs may end the season at 8-9 percent, just above the 2003 record low, as irrigators conserve
The Bureau of Reclamation had feared 6 percent in August; the eight-reservoir system stood at 11 percent on 18 September against a median of 41.5 percent, and deliveries should end around mid-October as usual.